Looking at the country as a whole, how did the Democrats fare in the Midterms?
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to former Democratic Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama about how the Democrats fared in the 2022 midterm elections.
Politics & Government
Early voting in Georgia shattered previous records
Votes from several states are still coming in — control of the U.S. House and Senate is up in the air. Georgia is one of the states we're waiting on. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp won reelection.
California voters enshrine right to abortion and contraception in state constitution
Proposition 1 was a direct response to the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling.
Michigan voters approve amendment adding reproductive rights to state constitution
The vote effectively scraps a 1931 state ban on the procedure that could have taken effect following the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Democrats pushed that democracy was on the ballot and it appears to have worked
After the attack on the Capitol, Democrats insisted democracy was on the ballot. The thread between election deniers and Trump-backed candidates is strong, and it didn't work out for all of them.
There were multiple ballot initiatives across the country in the 2022 Midterms
Among the ballot issues that voters decided: Michigan voters kept abortion legal. Nebraska approved voter ID. And, Missouri legalized recreational marijuana for those 21 and older.
One of the most watched Senate races in the country was in Ohio
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Sean Trende, political reporter with Real Clear Politics about election results in the swing state of Ohio.
Some Trump-backed candidates didn't do as well as the GOP thought they would
Former President Donald Trump was able to help a lot of candidates win primary elections. But when it came to the general election, they didn't beat the Democratic candidates.
There were a number of historic firsts in the 2022 Midterm elections
Pioneers include: Maura Healey, the first woman to be elected Mass. governor and the first openly gay woman to hold that office in the U.S. Wes Moore is the first Black governor of Maryland.
News brief: parties jockey for control, Ga. midterms, voting was largely uneventful
The race for control of the House and Senate is very close. Georgia's governor is reelected but the Senate race is too close to call. Election Day seems to have gone off without any major incidents.